General Tso's Chicken

Name: General Tso's Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese, Asian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, hoisin sauce; 1/4 cup, white vinegar; 3 tablespoons, soy sauce; 3 tablespoons, sugar; 2 tablespoons, cornstarch; 1 1/2 cups, water; 4 , boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/2 pounds) cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 2 tablespoons, grated fresh ginger; 1/2 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 3 large, egg whites; 1 1/2 cups, cornstarch; 1/2 cup, all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 4 cups, vegetable oil, for frying

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2008

This glazed fried chicken dish is a favorite in Chinese American restaurants, and our version lives up to the promise of flavorful, crispy, tender chicken.

SERVES4

TIME1 hour, plus 30 minutes marinating

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The appeal of General Tso’s chicken is easy to see: Boneless chicken pieces are marinated in soy sauce, battered, and deep-fried to a crispy brown before being coated with a sweet-hot sauce made with dried chiles, more soy sauce, sugar, vin...

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